INFESTATIONS WITH MALOPHAGUS SPECIES IN DUCKS (ANASPLATYRHYNCHOS DOMESTICUS L.) FROM THE CENTRAL AREA OF THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA
Maria ZAMORNEA, Dumitru ERHAN, Ștefan RUSU, Olesea GLIGA, Universitatea de Stat din Moldova
Аннотация
Investigations to establish the diversity of parasitic agents in ducks (Anas platyrhynchos domesticus L.) were
carried out during 2024.
In the Central area of the Republic of Moldova, from various private households, 57 biological samples have been
collected. Malophagus species (six species) have been identified, belonging to the class Insecta, 3 families (Trinotonidae, Philopteridae, Menoponidae) and 4 genera (Anatoecus, Anaticola, Trinoton, Menopon). The extensiveness (EI)
and intensity (II) of infestation with the following malophagous species: Anatoecus icterodes EI – 7,0%, II – 2 – 4
ex., Anatoecus dentatus EI – 13%, II – 17 ex., Anaticola crassicornis EI – 14,0%, II – 10 – 57 ex., Anaticola anseris
EI – 2,0%, II – 1,0 – 2,0 ex., Trinoton querquedulae EI – 5,0%, II – 2 – 4 ex. and with species Menopon obscurum EI
– 4,0%, II – 2– 9 ex., were determined. It has been established that the species of malophagous recorded in domestic
palmipeds (ducks) of the family Anatidae are common in some species of wild waterfowl.
Keywords: ducks, infestation, ectoparasites, malophagous, extensiveness, intensity.
